{"id":8399,"date":"2017-02-22T09:45:54","date_gmt":"2017-02-22T15:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=8399"},"modified":"2017-05-28T17:50:45","modified_gmt":"2017-05-28T23:50:45","slug":"gop-congressman-hints-at-trump-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2017\/02\/gop-congressman-hints-at-trump-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Congressman Hints At Trump Impeachment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11879\"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rfi-2.jpg\" width=\"825\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Blog Article Related Image\" srcset=\"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rfi-2.jpg 825w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rfi-2-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rfi-2-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/rfi-2-800x517.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/><b>PoliticusUsa<\/b> &#8211; During a town hall in Elm Grove, WI, Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-WI) hinted that Congress would have to do something if NSA Mike Flynn\u2019s lies about contact with Russia go all the way up to President Trump. According to the Constitution, that \u201csomething\u201d is impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>John Harwood of CNBC tweeted:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WI GOP Rep Sensenbrenner, at town hall, on NSA Flynn: &#8220;If he ended up lying up food chain to POTUS, then something would have to be done&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnJHarwood\/status\/830896141633986560\">February 12, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Congress does have the power to censure a president, but the reprimand means nothing and carries no punishment. A censure would be useless in a circumstance where a president-elect colluded with a hostile actor towards the United States to undermine sanctions. If Congress feels like Trump has endangered national security or committed a high crime, their only true course of action after a comprehensive investigation would be impeachment.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 140%; font-weight: 500;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.politicususa.com\/2017\/02\/12\/republican-congressman-impeachment-trump.html\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":11879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,14,29],"tags":[125,124,76,123,107,127,126,106,105,77],"class_list":["post-8399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-impeachment-news","category-republicans-for-impeachment","category-wisconsin","tag-calltoaction","tag-dumptrump","tag-impeach","tag-impeachtrump","tag-muslimban","tag-nofascistusa","tag-potus","tag-resist","tag-theresistance","tag-trump"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>GOP Congressman Hints At Trump Impeachment &#8226; Impeach for Peace<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Citizen&#039;s impeach strategy. 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